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#76

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 3:23pm

2 words for you, Moulin. Rouge. Sorry if that's a repeat, I haven't read the whole thread yet but just think about... the set, costumes, choreography, it could be beyond incredible!!
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#78

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 3:50pm

Jake - there is a musical out there called "She Loves Me" which is rediculously similar to You've Got Mail (in my eyes at least). however i do think a modern day, You've Got Mail, adaption is necessary and would work quite well. imagine a series of duets of their emails to each other. beautiful.


Ahh, so many people are saying Mean Girls, which I orginally thought but didnt want to suggest for fear of being shunned. haha.

I would also love love love to see Camp, Suburbia maybe and definitely would love to see a really great, well thought out musical of Return To Me (where the girl gets a heart from an organ donor and winds up falling in love with the donors husband.. whos in that? i forget).
#79

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 4:13pm

"I think it's been mentioned before, but "Cruel Intentions" would make for a good, little Off-Broadway show."

Wasn't Cruel Intentions based on Dangerous Liasons? If so, then there is already a musical version called "The Game".
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#80

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 4:36pm

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Singing in the Rain was ever on stage...

I'd love to see that.
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#81

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 4:56pm

I love, love, love the idea of Big Fat Greek Wedding!

That would work, I think.

Also-how about Bullets Over Broadway, which was rumored forever and dropped off the radar. (they had Woody Allen and someone else writing the book and someone doing the music.) I think it would work.
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#82

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 4:59pm

"You've Got Mail" was an update of the same basic source materials as "She Loves Me" -- the original play was "Parfumerie." It was also the source material for the Judy Garland film musical "In the Good Old Summertime."

"Singin' in the Rain" has been seen on Broadway, in a flop production directed by Twlya Tharp.
#83

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 5:01pm

Singin' in the Rain on stage a million times. There is a cast album on Jay Records. Its even been on Broadway at the Gershwin under the direction/choreography of no one less than Twyla Tharp (I assume there were a lot of jumping/spinning turns).

Broadway mounting:
http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4376

Cast Album:
http://www.amazon.com/Singin-Rain-1996-Studio-Cast/dp/B000005BHC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_10?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1207602062&sr=8-10
#84

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 5:10pm

hmm camp definitely could work.
They are actually, i believe, in the process of taking mean girls to broadway so there ya go. (although i dont love the idea of this, i was so anti Legally Blonde but now it's one of my favorites so i'm trying to keep an open mind.)

I think enchanted would be awful and would not work at all. As people said so much of the beauty of the movie comes from the animation --> real life aspect.
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#85

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 5:21pm

You know, Guffman is always thrown out there in these threads, but I feel that pretty much everything that made the movie work so well (cast, documentary-style direction, freshness of improvisation, etc.) would be exactly why it would never work on stage. Much of what makes it so funny is what can't really be achieved in a scripted stage production performed by another cast. It would come across more like bunch of fans reenacting the scenes impersonating the original performances, which you can see in any college theatre department or community theatre green room. I love the film dearly, but I would never want to watch it reenacted on stage.

Regarding Singin' in the Rain, don't forget the London production...
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#86

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 5:49pm

I was just watching Clueless on TBS and thought that it might make a fun musical. I think the wardrobe for that movie is inspiration enough
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#87

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 6:05pm

I've actually written a few songs for a "Waiting for Guffman" musical. But, then again, I've also done some "Napoleon Dynamite" songs...
#89

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 6:32pm

i'm excited for the musical of Finding Neverland that they are working on.

my picks:
Imitation of Life
Rope
Life is Beautiful
American Beauty
#90

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 6:44pm

there was a musical, written in the 90's, that is extremely similar to CAMP. the musical is based on Stagedoor/any ridiculous theatre summer camp.. which is what CAMP is based on.

the music wasn't as good. but then again, only two of CAMP's current songs are original pieces. so they'd have to go in an entirely different direction with the score.

who would be good writers for a CAMP musical? Miller and Tysen? re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?
#91

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 10:43pm

I thought of another one. Jurassic Park LMAO!!!!!! That would be brilliant with the dinosaurs. I wonder how they could make special effects of people getting eaten or tortured.

Actually, scratch that idea. It would be funnier if there were actors dressed as dinosaurs, and the dinosaurs sang too.
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Updated On: 4/7/08 at 10:43 PM

#92

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 10:49pm

THAT THING YOU DO!!!
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#94

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/7/08 at 10:58pm

it should be made into a musical yesterday! I mean Tom Hanks has to have enough money to pull something together. If not maybe he could get Oprah to help him...
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!

"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"

lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
#97

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 2:47am

Fiercey516...I guess whoever did the music for "Count" in LA was not really in tune with how it would come across to an audience. What a shame, because I think if someone came up with some great music for it (and of couse, a great script), it would go over very well. The trouble with plays from very famous books(books that have been taken to the big screen as well), is that people need a totally new artistic approach (such as Jill Santoriello for "Tale"...her music is brilliant), or else it will not catcdh an audience's fancy.
BobbyBubby...thanks for the links, I didn't know of them. Did you get to see it?
#98

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 2:56am

There was also a play called "The Shop Around the Corner" which was later made into a movie starring Jimmy Stewart that had the same plot as "She Loves Me", "In The Good Old Summertime", and "You've Got Mail".

How about "The Pirate Movie: The Musical!"
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Updated On: 4/13/08 at 02:56 AM

#100

re: movies you'd LIKE to see musical-ized?

Posted: 4/12/08 at 1:25pm

Moulin Rouge would be fun, but Down With Love is my first choice.
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